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Warlito Piedad vs. Lanao Del Norte Electic Cooperative

WARLITO PIEDAD, petitioner, vs. LANAO DEL NORTE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (LANECO) and its General Manager, RUPERTO O. LASPINAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 73735 | 1987-08-31

 

D E C I S I O N



GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to set aside the decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) promulgated on November 15, 1985, which reversed the decision of Executive Labor Arbiter Ildefonso G. Agbuya and dismissed the petitioner's complaint. The legality of the petitioner's dismissal is at issue.

The petitioner was employed with the respondent company from December 5, 1974 up to January 4, 1984, first as a housewiring estimator, then as a bill collector.

On December 20, 1983, Mr. Piedad was found short of P300.00 in his collections in an audit conducted by Sycip, Gorres and Velayo, a...